Evolution

Question 1

Species

Answer 1

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring

Question 2

Fossil

Answer 2

Preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

Question 3

Adaptation

Answer 3

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

Question 4

Evolution

Answer 4

The gradual change in a species over time

Question 5

Scientific theory

Answer 5

Concept that explains a wide range of observations.

Question 6

Natural selection

Answer 6

Process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species.

Question 7

Variation

Answer 7

Any differences between individuals of the same species.

Question 8

Sedimentary rock

Answer 8

Fossils are found in this type of rock

Question 9

Charles Darwin

Answer 9

Father of evolution

Question 10

Homologous structures

Answer 10

Same bone structures of different species

Question 11

Embryology

Answer 11

Study of early development

Question 12

Extinction

Answer 12

The result when animals cannot adapt to its environment